Biographical Sketch
Dr. Joseph N. Tatarewicz
Dr. Joseph N. Tatarewicz, Associate Professor in the University of Maryland Baltimore County Department of History, holds MA degrees in Philosophy (Catholic University 1976), History and Philosophy of Science (Indiana University 1980) and the PhD in History and Philosophy of Science (Indiana University 1984). He is author of Space Technology and Planetary Astronomy (Indiana University Press, 1990), a contributor to The Space Telescope: A Study of NASA, Science, Technology, and Politics (Cambridge University Press, 1989 & 1993), and has authored numerous articles and reviews for professional journals and publications in the history of science and technology.
His recently completed book length NASA-sponsored scholarly history, Exploring the Solar System: the Planetary Geosciences Since Galileo, was awarded the 1997 History Manuscript Award of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics and will be published by the Johns Hopkins University Press in 2002. He has worked on other historical projects, including a history of the Defense Special Weapons Agency (with History Associates, Inc.), a history of the Galileo mission to Jupiter, and New Media development to support teaching and research.
At UMBC he helped establish and served as Director of the Public History Track, which trains graduate students in the practice of history in the public and private sector, including museums, state, local and federal government agencies, local historical societies, and in historic preservation and cultural resources management. He and his students have worked on numerous public service projects, including most recently a history and preservation study of the Granite, Maryland Nike Missile Base supported by the Granite Historical Society and the Baltimore County Historical Trust.
A Curator at the Smithsonian Institution's National Air and Space Museum, 1985-1990, he has extensive experience in managing scientific and technological collections of artifacts and associated documentation, and in writing and producing exhibitions and educational programs. His work appeared in the Stars Gallery (IRAS-Infrared Astronomical Satellite) and in Space Hall (Hubble Space Telescope Engineering Test Vehicle).
While at the Smithsonian, as Associate Director / Curator of the Center for the History of Electrical Engineering, 1990-1991, and in other venues, he has been involved in numerous team projects in historical writing and documentation. In these capacities, he has been both a student and a practitioner of management and administration of people, projects, and programs.
He has taken numerous oral and video-history interviews with scientists, engineers, and managers; has assessed and organized archival materials of all media; and has extensive experience with computer based systems for control and management of historical resources.
He is a member of the History of Science Society, the Society for History of Technology, the American Historical Association, the National Council on Public History, the American Association of Museums, the Society for the Social Studies of Science, and other professional organizations, where he serves on a variety of committees.
Department of
History
University of Maryland Baltimore County
1000 Hilltop Circle, Baltimore, MD 21250
Tatarewicz@umbc.edu
(410) 455-2312 (office)
(410) 925-0582 (home)
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January 07, 2003
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